CHEYNEY, Pa. -- The Shippensburg University women's basketball team extended its winning streak to six games Saturday by closing on a 10-2 run to erase a one-point deficit and ultimately outlast Cheyney, 65-59, in a tightly-contested conference tilt inside a warm and toasty Cope Hall.
 
Shippensburg (13-7, 9-5 PSAC) led by 10 points with 2:27 to play in the first half before Cheyney (3-16, 3-11) closed the opening frame on an 8-0 run, leaving the Raiders with just a 33-31 lead at halftime. The Lady Wolves scored the first three points of the second half to gain their first lead and later led by three points with 10:56 to play, going back-and-forth all game long with the Raiders.
 
On par with previous meetings, the two teams had a physical showdown that included 44 fouls (27 by Cheyney) and myriad free-throw attempts for the Raiders. SU got to the line 42 times, but finished just 24-of-42 overall (57 percent) – it missed as many free throws (18) as Cheyney attempted in the entire game.
 
In fact, the final 11 minutes of the game features just five made field goals between the two teams, yet both Shippensburg and Cheyney combined to go 21-of-28 at the free-throw line. The Wolves had just one field goal down the stretch, making their last field goal of the game with 8:16 to go.
 
Sophomore Lauren Gold, playing about 45 minutes from home, drove for a lay-up with 32 seconds left that put SU up by four points and cinched the game with two free throws at the 12-second mark.
 
Shippensburg entered the contest as the PSAC's rebounding leader and held true to form, posting an incredible 50-24 advantage on the glass. Cheyney, meanwhile, entered the contest ranked 17th in the PSAC in turnovers per game (20.3) but committed just nine on Saturday and totaled 11 assists.
 
Sophomore Logan Snyder led the Raiders with 17 points, going 9-of-12 from the free-throw line as one of five different Raiders to score in double figures. Sophomore Colleen Young totaled 10 points and nine rebounds while Gold had 10 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three rebounds and was 6-of-8 at the charity stripe.
 
Junior Stephanie Knauer notched her second double-double of the season with 13 points and 14 rebounds (nine offensive) while sophomore Morgan Griffith finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds for her fifth double-double in the last nine games.
 
The game featured nine ties and six lead changes. The Cheyney bench out-scored Shippensburg's 33-3, led by an impressive 17 points from Kia Whitley-Duncan. Kyra Hines-Allen, ranked among the PSAC's Top 15 in scoring and rebounding, posted 12 points and five rebounds.
 
Shippensburg has its PSAC "bye" on Wednesday and will return to action at 1 p.m. Saturday when it hosts Bloomsburg inside Heiges Field House.